A five-set of Bulldog hurlers held Alabama to
eight total hits and made the most of limited run support to post a 3-2 victory
at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. With the victory, MSU clinched its third straight
conference series win and fourth series win of the season. The Bulldogs also
take a series in this stadium for the first time since 2004.

No. 29 MSU improved to 29-17 overall and 12-11
in league play, while Alabama fell to 17-30 and 6-17. The Bulldogs remain tied
for second place in the Western Division standings and tied for fifth overall in
the league standings.

After collecting seven hits in Friday night's
3-1 win over the Tide, the Bulldogs managed only three hits Saturday. However,
in a similar fashion to last Sunday's 4-2 win over Ole Miss (where the Bulldogs
managed two total hits), the Maroon and White made the most of its
opportunities.

"It's not happening for us (offensively) but if
you look around the league, it's just not happening for a lot of people," MSU
head coach John Cohen said. "There's been 43 one-run games in our
league already right now. I think we pitch it and defend it well enough to win
any game right now."

In the MSU first inning, Adam Frazier drew a
leadoff walk. Frazier would then aggressively take second on a fly to left
field. The heads-up base running paid off as he scored on an RBI-single by Trey
Porter.

The lead grew to 2-0 in the third inning. Sam
Frost reached as a one-out hit batsman. Frost took second on a ground out and
scored on a Mitch Slauter RBI-double.

After Alabama climbed back within a run, the
Bulldogs got a critical insurance score in the seventh inning. Once again, MSU
made it a one run one hit inning. Brent Brownlee began things with a one-out
walk. Brownlee took both second and third on a failed pickoff attempt and scored
on an infield hit by Tyler Fullerton.

In his usual Saturday starting role, Graveman
was lifted after allowing six hits and one earned run in 4.2 innings of work.
Evan Mitchell (2-1) completed the fifth and worked the sixth to earn the win.
Ross Mitchell and Reed combined to work MSU through the seventh inning. Holder
faced seven batters in two innings of work to earn his third save of the season
and second of the series.

"I need to talk to the older guys like Caleb
(Reed) and (Chris) Stratton because they'll come in after situations they've
been in and talk to the freshmen like me and Jacob Lindgren about those things,"
Holder said. "It's so good to learn from guys like that."

A freshman right-hander, Holder has not allowed
a run in 19.2 innings of work this season.

"That's taking it to the next level," Cohen
said. "That's not (physically) trying to get knuckles aligned and get on top of
a pitch. That's playing the game within the game and when you have kids thinking
and playing the game at that level it's special."

Alabama finished with eight hits. Taylor Dugas
and Jared Reaves each had multiple hits for the Crimson Tide. Dugas is now the
Tide's all-time career leader in base hits with 323. Starting pitcher Jon Keller
(2-5) worked seven innings and took the loss.

"Our kids are on a mission and know that our
entire season is still in the palm of our hands," Cohen said. "We kind of
determine our own destiny and they want all those goals that we set forth early
on to achieve. They still want all of those."